3 Players that can help Delhi Capitals win their maiden trophy in IPL 2019

Delhi Capitals will be looking to win their first title in the upcoming IPL 2019. They have been trophyless since the beginning of the tournament owing to their constant change of squad every auction season.

They retained some of the key players from last season for the first time after many years. The players retained by Delhi Capitals for this season were Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant, Prithvi Shaw, Amit Mishra, Avesh Khan, Harshal Patel, Rahul Tewatia, Jayant Yadav, Manjot Kalra, Colin Munro, Chris Morris, Kagiso Rabada, Sandeep Lamichhane and Trent Boult.

They also traded Shikhar Dhawan from Sunrisers Hyderabad for Abhishek Sharma, Vijay Shankar, Shahbaz Nadeem.

They went into the IPL auction and bought Hanuma Vihari, Axar Patel, Ishant Sharma, Ankush Bains, Nathu Singh, Colin Ingram, Keemo Paul, Jalaj Saxena, Sherfane Rutherford and Bandaru Ayyappa.

The squad will have to perform together to have any chance of lifting the IPL trophy this season. Here are the 3 players who are going to be crucial for the success of Delhi Capitals.

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#1 Shreyas Iyer

Shreyas Iyer is going to lead the Delhi Capitals this season.

Shreyas Iyer was bought at a big sum of ₹7 crores by Delhi Daredevils (former name of Delhi Capitals) in 2015. He will be leading the Delhi Capitals this season and will hope to provide the fire in the squad and the franchise with his attacking batting.

He was their second highest run scorer last season as he made 411 runs in 14 innings. He scored them at an average of 37.36 with a strike rate of 132.58.

He is a top order batsman who loves to play in an attacking way and scores runs freely and pretty fast in the powerplay overs.

He will surely want to lead his side with runs as well as keep his teammates motivated during games with all his leadership skills and intelligence.

If he can lead them from the front, Delhi Capitals will surely have a chance to go all the way in the competition.

#2 Rishabh Pant

Rishabh Pant is going to be an important figure in Delhi Capitals squad.

Rishabh Pant has had a 2018 to remember on a personal level. After making his place in the limited overs side, he made his debut in the test format for Indian Cricket team.

He performed extremely well in the recently concluded test series against Australia which by the way India won by 2-1.

He was the highest run scorer for Delhi Daredevils (former name of Delhi Capitals) last season, with a total of 684 runs in 14 innings.

He scored these runs at a strike rate of 173.60 and averaged of 52.62 for the whole season. He is an impressive and as an attacking batsman in the limited overs format.

If Rishabh Pant continues to perform at the level he performed in 2018, he could be a big factor in deciding where Delhi Capitals finishes at the end of IPL 2019 season.

#3 Amit Mishra

Amit Mishra will have to lead the bowling attack for Delhi Capitals this season.

Amit Mishra was definitely the leader of the bowling attack of this franchise last season. He did not play every single game of the season for Delhi but when he played for them, he made sure he was taking wickets at regular intervals and was also economical.

Mishra has always been a problem for the bowlers when he bowls at his best and with the variety he has got in his bowling, he can cause a lot of damage to the opposition.

He was their second highest wicket taker last season as he picked 12 wickets in just 10 innings with an economy of 7.14 which was really impressive.

If the Delhi Capitals wants to win the IPL trophy this season, Amit Mishra will have to lead the bowling attack for them and help them in winning more games than last season.